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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>OCCI Frequently Asked Questions</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL-NS Stylesheets V1.75.2"/></head><body><div class="article" title="OCCI Frequently Asked Questions"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a id="id36063441"/>OCCI Frequently Asked Questions</h2></div></div><hr/></div><div class="section" title="General"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a id="id36063451"/>General</h2></div></div></div><div class="glosslist"><dl><dt>Who created the Open Cloud Computing Interface
        (OCCI)?</dt><dd><p>The Open Grid Forum (OGF)'s Open Cloud Computing Interface
          Working Group (OCCI-WG) created the Open Cloud Computing Interface
          (OCCI).</p></dd><dt>Who are the Open Cloud Computing Interface Working Group
        (OCCI-WG) officials?</dt><dd><p>Andrew Edmonds (Intel, SLA@SOI), Thijs Metsch (Sun
          Microsystems) and Alexis Richardson (Rabbit Technologies Ltd) are
          the chairs, and Sam Johnston (Australian Online Solutions) is the
          secretary.</p></dd><dt>Who else was involved?</dt><dd><p>Around 200 individuals representing over 100 companies were
          involved in the development of the Open Cloud Computing Interface
          (OCCI).</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="section" title="Use Cases"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a id="id36063504"/>Use Cases</h2></div></div></div><div class="glosslist"><dl><dt>How were the use cases collected?</dt><dd><p>Use cases were solicited from the working group mailing list
          as well as other external sources.</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="section" title="Technical"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a id="id36063528"/>Technical</h2></div></div></div><div class="glosslist"><dl><dt>Why didn't you invent your own XML
        representation?</dt><dd><p>See Tim Bray's Don’t Invent XML
          Languages post.</p></dd></dl></div></div></div></body></html>
